Maybe this year will be the opposite of their 3 other .500 seasons. Those teams streaked until about 6 games left and then lost out to close the season- only to bounce back and at least show some pride in their 1st round losses.

Maybe this year will be the reverse. They slide until the last weeks and then finish with a brief hot streak... and then get crushed i the 1st round. It would not surprise me one bit.

"Support from the pocket-protector set won’t help Philly in the playoffs — assuming they even make it there. This team was never going to oust Miami or Chicago, but their early success broached the possibility of a first-round matchup against a vulnerable team like Atlanta, Boston, or Orlando. That’s not happening now. Last year, when the Sixers lost in five games to the Heat, the series was regarded as a harbinger of coming success. This year, it will be a death knell for the Sixers’ middle-class dream..."

(Turner is vaaaaaaaaaaastly overrated point guard. He's a ball dominant 2 who needs the ball in his hands and can make passes when defenses collapse on him, either on pick and rolls or dribble penetration. His pure point ability is being overrated because of his necessity to have the ball in his hands for his own offense.

Ha, fair enough. Turner can be a magician running in transition after grabbing a board...in the fourth quarter tonight his passing instincts stood out, he was getting it to the open man in a nice rhythm...I see Jrue miss the moment when someone is open too often...caught a few minutes of Phx and Minn on ESPN the other night and God, if you play with Steve Nash and you are open you will get the ball right in the crucial split second. Such a joy to watch. seems partially pretty instinctive, that skill

You may be right-but Turner's passing has made me ooh and ahh more often than Jrue's. The long bounce pass in transition has appeared in back to back game's-tonight's for Sam Young was better than last night's

I've always thought that Wade was the real snake on that Heat team. LBJ just had the misfortune of letting his business associates (his unqualified idiot friends from childhood) let him go through that Decision debacle.

Lebron:

"I love representing my country, man," James said. "I've done it since 2004 and I'm looking forward to doing it in London. As far as [pay], I don't know, man. It doesn't matter. I'm happy to be a part of the team, to be selected again."

Most interesting game of the night - the healthy spurs lost to the kobe less lakers and Bynum was a beast...dude stays healthy he's the future of that team Kobe, maybe even the present, maybe you should pass to him a bit more and take shitty shots less?